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Falsehoods and Failures: Trump During COVID-19 (5/08 Update)

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The last time the White House held an official coronavirus press briefing was May 1, but that hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from sowing chaos and confusion about the federal government’s pandemic response. This week, he has instead turned to falsely buoyant publicity events to project an image he considers politically advantageous. His unrelenting push to reopen the economy in the midst of still-climbing virus cases is having dire consequences, all while he attacks the media and manipulates government officials to obscure his failures during this public health disaster.